Stand for dress-forms.



W. J. T'APLINGER.

STAND FOR DRESS FORMS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB.14. 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co..WAsH!NGTuN, D. c,

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. TAPLINGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR T0 NELLIE TAPLINGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STAND FOR DRESS-FORMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

To all 'wh-0m t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. TAP- LINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Stand for Dress-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

Dress forms are used in factories, shops and the like not only for trimming and tting but also for inspecting work, and they are used in store windows and other places for displaying work.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a stand for such forms which can be raised or extended to a considerable height so as to accommodate the form to work-people and inspectors of different heights and so as to bring the bottom part of a skirt into convenient position on a line with the hands andv eyes of the worker and so as to enable dresses of different lengths to be properly displayed and to be lifted clear of the floor when it is necessary to clean the latter, and which can be actuated in a convenient manner from the base or bottom of the stand so that the operator can adjust the form while looking at it and in that way can bring it to the exact height or position required.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof but will be first described in connection with the embodiment but not the only embodiment of it chosen for illustration in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1, is a perspective view showing the stand in extended position so as to lift the form to a considerable height, and Figs. 2 and 3, are sectional views drawn to an enlarged scale and illustrating portions of the stand showing parts thereof in different positions.

In the drawings l, is the base o-r pedestai from which rises a standard 2, shown to consist of a tube aiiixed to the stand, for example, by brazing on its lower end a ferrule a, which is threaded into the stand and by employing a support (1,1, having through it an opening for a purpose that will hereinafter appear.

3, is a tube or sleeve slidably mounted on the tube or standard 2. The form l, is applied to and carried by the tube 3. The form 4, may be of any appropriate kind. As shown it is of the kind usually employed in factories or work-shops but it may be provided with a head and used for display purposes as in a shop window. The tube 3, has an extended range of travel in respect to the tube 2, so that the stand can be very much extended and when extended the form is raised so high that the bottom of a skirt applied to it is practically on a line with the hands and eyes of the operator. For the sake of description it may be said that the bottom of a skirt can be raised some four feet from the ground. The advantage of this is obvious as operators on the skirt can work conveniently and without stooping to or lying on the floor. Furthermore where the device is used for window display it is easily adjusted to skirts of different lengths and when the floor of the windows is cleaned the skirt can be lifted clear of the floor. Between the standard or tube 2, and the tube 3, there is an expansion clutch 5, by means of which the tube 3, can be held up in position and can be released for adjustment. This clutch is shown to comprise aws 6, which by coperating with the tapered or conical surface 7, are expanded against the inside wall of the tube 3, to hold it or are contracted to release the tube 3. The tapered surface 7, is mounted on the tube or standard 2, and the jaws 6, are pivoted to a rod 8, which is normally drawn downward as by a spring 9, interposed between a collar on the rod and the base of the standard so that the clutch jaws are normally expanded and engage and hold the tube 3.

10, is a lever pivoted to the stand l, and having one of its ends adapted to be operated as a pedal and the other of its ends arranged to engage the rod 8. As shown the one end of the lever engages a collar 11, on the rod 9. Upon pushing down the outer end of the pedal, the clutch is released and the form 4, can be raised and lowered and adjusted to any height and when the adjustment is made the pedal is released and the clutch thereupon locks the tube 3,` in position at the height to which it has been adjusted. The fact that the clutch is operated from the base of the stand and by the foot of the user is advantageous because the user can use his hands in adjusting the form and can note the adjustments made, and when the right adjustment has been made all that has to be done is to release the pedal 10, whereupon the clutch automatically secures the parts in position. It is sometimes desirable to lift the device from one place to another and this would probably be done by taking hold of thetop part of the form. If this were done the tube 3, might slide offA the tube 2. To prevent this use is made of a catch or latch. As shown in the drawings the bottom of the tube 3, is provided with a collar 12, the top face of which may bev beveled and the stand is provided with a spring' catch or latch 13, that engages the collar 12, and thus secures the tube 3, tothev base so that the device can be carried from the top. The rod S, is provided with a tapered or conical surface 14, with which coperates a pin 15, endwise movable through the wall of the pedestal. One end of the pin engages the shank of the catch 13, and the other end of the pin engages a spring 16, which in its turn rides on the cone surface 14. As shown the spring 16, and catch 13, are secured by the same bolt 17. The pin 15, is held against accidental displacement by the catch 13, and the spring 16. l/Vhen the rod 8, is raised it overcomes the spring 16, and the latter pushes the pin outward and the pin yengaging the catch 13, pushes it outward and releases it from the collar 12, thus when the pedal 10, is pressed to eiiiect an adjustment of the height of the form, it not only releases the clutch, but also releases the ,catch 13. Thus under l all conditions the single operation of pushing the pedal 10, serves to release the tube 3, and when the pedal is released the tube 3, is held against descending from the height to which it has been adjusted.

I claim- 1. A stand for dress forms comprising the combination'of an upright tubular standard having a cone surface at its top, a tube slidable on said standard, a rod working length- Wise through the standard and passing through the cone surface, lclutch jaws pivoted to the rod and arranged to coperate with the 1cone surface, a spring for actuating said rod in one direction, and a lever for operating the rod in the other direction, substantially as described.

Copies-of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

2. A stand for dress forms comprising the combination of a pedestal, a standard rising therefrom, a tube slidable on the standard, a clutch tending to lock the standard and tube, a catch tending to lock the standard and tube, a lever near the pedestal, and mechanism actuated by the lever for releasing both the catch and the clutch, substantially as described.

A stand for dress forms comprising the combination of a pedestal, a tubular standard rising therefrom, a tube slidable on the standard, an expansion clutch at the top of the standard for engaging vand. disengaging the inner wall of the tube, a catch member on the tube, a catch on the pedestal tending to engage said member, a rod movable through the pedestal and provided with means for releasing both the clutch and the catch, a pivotal lever at the pedestal for shifting said rod in one direction to release the clutch and catch, and a spring for shiftingthe rod in the other direction, substantially as described.

t. A stand for dress forms comprising the combination of a standard, a tube slidable thereon, an expansion clutch at the upper part of the standard for engaging and disengaging the interior of the tube, means for causing said clutch to normally engage the tube, an operating lever at the lower part of the standard, and connections extending through the standard from the lever to the clutch.

5. A stand for dress forms comprising standards slidable in relation to each other and whereof one is provided with a pedestal and the other is provided with a form, a clutch normally locking said standards together, and a foot lever workable by a downward push and'arranged at the base of the pedestal and provided with connections for operating the clutch, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

WILLIAM J. TAPLwenn.

Witnesses:

CLIFFORD K. CAssnL, FRANK E. FRENCH.

Washington, D. C. 

